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Are you raising a psychopath? Six behaviours you should be worried about

Be wary of the conditions
  • You should be worried if your child has lots of aggressive outbursts that are hard to stop
  • If your child is antisocial, seem cold and unfeeling, and only show emotions in order to intimidate or manipulate
  • If your child never shows remorse, steals from you, or taunts you in ways that show they couldn't care less

Psychopath? Sociopath? We hear these words all the time, especially in movies. They basically mean the same thing, but psychologists prefer the term Anti-Social Personality Disorder (ASPD), which covers a whole spectrum of anti-social behaviours.

 Some of which are actually very common. Like who hasn't thought of doing something awful to an ex?!

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